PV football injury updates; TSU’s game against UConn to be televised

Prairie View A&M football coach Henry Frazier III said Wednesday that injured senior quarterback K.J. Black could see some action against Southern Miss on Saturday.

Black, who missed Saturday’s season-opening 16-14 win over Texas Southern because of lingering rehab from offseason knee surgery, will have his availability determined after this week’s round of practices. So far, the Panthers’ attempts to practice have been hampered by rainfall in the area.

Junior transfer Jonathan Troast will make his second straight start at quarterback, but Frazier hasn’t given up on the notion of playing Black against Southern Miss.

“It was my goal to get him in there for maybe a couple of possessions this weekend just to see him run, throw the ball around and hand it off,” Frazier said. “It still is my goal, but we’ll just have to see.

“We’ll definitely have him back for Alabama State (on Sept. 18).”

Frazier said that senior center Stoney Owens, who suffered an ankle injury early in Saturday’s game, would likely miss 3-5 weeks after tests revealed that he had a sprained MCL and high ankle sprain.

Frazier said he hopes to have Owens back by midseason.

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TSU’s football game against Connecticut on Saturday will be broadcast locally on KTXH Channel 20. Kickoff is slated for 11 a.m. at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn.